God is Present in His Name | Swami Mukundananda

God resides in His name with all His power - this is the declaration of the scriptures. Why then we don't experience His power when we chant His names? Is it because we don't yet have that faith in the name of God? Or may be we have that faith but as yet it is very weak, may be 1% or 2% or 5% faith in the divinity of God's name?
We learn about the greatest sinners who became God-realized Saints when they chanted the name of God. What was the secret behind it? Is there a rule we need to follow while taking the name of God or while chanting? Learn the secrets in this video.
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About Swami Mukundananda
Swami Mukundananda is a global spiritual leader, philosopher, visionary, author, and humanitarian. He is the founder of JKYog (Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog), which offers a unique Yogic System known as Yoga for Body, Mind, and Soul.
Swamiji has distinguished engineering and management degrees from two world-famous Institutes in India, IIT and IIM. Swami Mukundananda took the renounced order of life after giving up his promising corporate career. He is a senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, who entrusted him with spreading Vedic Knowlege and Bhakti Yog throughout the world.
In this channel, Swamiji explains the profound knowledge of scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatham, Narad Bhakti Darshan, Ramayan, Mahabharat, and other Bhakti topics with sound logic that is easy to understand and apply in our daily life.

[@hkr4779]

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 🌟

[@bratashichatterjee5018]

All of us have an inherent devotion which gets lost in the course of living in this fast moving world. It is beyond doubt that Almighty always forgives our sins but in order to realise his mercy, we all need to do away with our ignorance and come back to the Lord in order to re-discover our sadhana. It is equally important to take the name of God as well as remember him while doing all the deeds we do in this world 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@atharva-upclosingnature2423]

The names of God and God are indifferent. The name of God can ward off all dark forces and spirits. The vibration of God's name can cleanse a stubborn hardened heart of sin and convert it into a loving devotional one. The emphasis on chanting the name of God is there in so many religions. No prayer in Catholicism is started and ended by saying - "In nomine Patris st felis et spiritus Sanctis" meaning in the Name of The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. These three aren't three Gods but one God existing in three dimensions. The Father is formless all pervading Spirit. The Son is God who personifies Himself into a form, who in Catholic faith is Jesus, incarnation of God. His birth, death, resurrection, actions, miracles, teachings, saints and virtues, are all to be mediated upon to attain divine love, according to the School of Divine Love in Catholicism. The Holy Spirit is God sitting inside everyone, making our bodies the temple of God, inspiring us to follow God. This is very similar to our Vedic philosophy of Brahaman, Parmatma and Bhagwan. Every Prayer concludes with the phrase -" in the name of Jesus, in the name of Mother Mary, etc etc." In Islam , God has infinite virtues, however, 99 of them are mentioned in the Holy Qur'an. The islamic prayers too start with the proclamation, Bismillah , al- Rahaman, al- Rahim, al- Kareem etc etc In the name of God, the Almighty, the most merciful, most gracious, most beneficent, etc etc Everything about God is infinite, so are His saints who call Him by infinite names. Ram, al-Rahim, Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, Allah etc etc are names of the one same God. Creating disputed argument on superiority of one name over the other is utmost foolishness and would be the greatest curse to someone on the path of Bhakti in my opinion. We should ask our 'isht-dev' for that special grace, through which we can see and experience His presence in all religions and cultures. That special grace is extremely rare and is bestowed upon only through the medium of Radha-Rani, Mother Mary, Hazrat Fatema, or any other feminine icon of your isht-dev. My spiritual and religious practice shall always showcase to the world that we all worship the same God and I am infilled with the inspiration to be martyred for this uncorrupted truth about God 🙏🤲.

[@princepuri8236]

Danvat pranam ji

[@user27342]

Radhey Radhey🙏❤️🙏❤️

[@tammiebrown5204]

Hare Krsna 🙏🏻love all your lectures they resonate within my heart ! Thank you 🙏🏻🕉💐🌹

[@simmychaplot667]

Thanks a million for sharing Such practical spiritual wisdom!!! We pitiful souls think that just by repeating the name of God, we will attain God. Yes - chanting the name(without remembering) might help the mind to stay positive and calm to certain extent (something is better than nothing). But for this chanting to be really fruitful, our consciousness should be absorbed in remembrance as well such that God alone is in our consciousness at the time of death and no other material relative. This ties in with the rule - wherever your strongest attachment is that's where you will go in the next life.

[@kannanperumal4297]

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[@atharva-upclosingnature2423]

The name of God, is above all names. Mystics who are advanced in yoga practice, can arrange time and place to leave the body. Others have no control. There are 3 mystics , yogis, gyanis and devotees... Let's appreciate and be grateful we are devotees of God and the Owner of infinite Universes is our relative. After attaining God- realisation, that is, when Maya is dispelled by God, we are beyond body. The greatest Doctor and saint in the History of Catholic Church was the beloved spouse of Jesus Christ, St. Teresa of Avila. In her commentary of the journey of Prayers and Devotion, she describes that the soul who has tasted the bliss and Esctasy of God, for him all bodily sensations are lost. Such person has completed all stages of perfection. Time, memory and imagination melts away, leaving one and only the presence of God. Such person is said to be in the state of Grace, or God - realised. For such individual, the crucial hour of death becomes puny. For such individual, the heavens open up and angels come to pick the saint. For such individual, it's as easy to discard the body, as getting up from bed and moving on in life after ,on a hot summer morning. There is no desire or aversion remaining to the world. Thus, the soul doesn't wander or remain earthbound. It is then truly called a Saint. There are many great saints in Catholic Church like St. Rose of Lima, who had a conversation with Mother Mary and decided that it's better for her to leave her body on the feast day of St. Bartholomew, 24th August. St. Benedict and many saints in various religions, who are able to prophecies their hour of death are all God realised and because of their highest friendship with God, they are able to have authority over their own body, mind and intellect. St. Dnyaneshwar and many other examples who took samadhi were all beyond body. Attaining God's divine love is the highest thing in entire creation. We litteraly become like God, or maybe let's put it this way- We become the Prince and Princesses of the Royal family of God. We enjoy the presence of God with utmost humility and are able to render service to Him and give him joy by our works. We cross over beyond time, superior to all demigods and demons, relishing our time with God in His infinite abodes and always ready to comeback on Earth to bring back people to God, as Kripaluji Maharaj, the descension of St. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself came down on Earth, to promote Roopdhayan and meditation upon God and Special devotion to RadhaRani. I proclaim, I want to come down in my next life and dedicate my life in uniting all religions... Nd become an inspiration for people for next centuries. I want to be a living example that all worship the same one God. Devotees are the most ambitious and inspired people. Because they do things for the pleasure of the King of kings, as they are the relatives of the most High God 🤲💓🙏

[@rajeevanc3692]

Pranam

[@manjushreerath]

O my Lord! Your Holy Names bestow all auspiciousness and out of Your causeless mercy, You have invested all Your transcendental potency in all Your Holy Names. But my great misfortune is that I have no love for Your Names and so by chanting those Holy Names, I couldn't benefit myself. Chanting the Holy Names can be beneficial for us if the mind is attached in love and faith. Otherwise, as Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has said - 'bahu janma kare yadi shravan-kirtan, tabhu na paye Krishna pade Prem-dhan.'

[@sandhyadas6323]

Swamiji describes very nicely that God always resides in His name. If we see God now we cannot recognise Him but when we chant and remember Him from our heart He will definitely grace us one day and we can recognise Him easily.

[@debidurgadas2234]

JAI SHREE KRISHNA . NEED YOUR SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS .

[@umeshd5645]

Good very useful information thank you swaameeji 🙏🙏

[@knowledge9570]

HARE KRISHNA.

[@sugeshd4103]

🕉 Namo Narayana

[@ajaychaubey158]

Radhe Radhe swami jee 🙏😇🥰

[@sunilsinha12]

Bhakti is the only method for attaining God!

[@mukeshbhardwaj1293]

राधे राधे गुरूजी। राधे गोविन्द गुरु जी।🙏🌻🙏🌻

[@bhagyasrimothukuri4524]

Thankyou swamiji

[@chiraggupta2995]

Radhe Radhe swamiji...

[@geetima32]

Thank you Swamiji 🙏 Jai Shree Krishna 🙏💐❤️

[@hanumankumarcivilboys4300]

You explain very well Jai shree Rama

[@subramanimk3596]

Before hearing this lecture, I had one hope, a person like me also has chance to get gods abode through his grace, just mechanically il chant. Now even that hope got bursted out.

[@anshumalhotra3387]

Pranaam Swamiji🙏🏻Jai Shri Radhe Krishna 🌷🌷

[@rishikesh4762]

Radhey Radhey🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@arunadas7809]

Vital message 🙏🙏

[@smitamehtadenton]

Swamiji so beautifully says that God resides in His name with all His divine powers, so when we take His name through kirtans with intense devotion, we invoke His grace. Kirtan is considered to be the kalyug dharma that can help to break the cycle of life and death. Thank you, Swamiji.

[@gauritripathi1008]

Radhe Radhe 🙏

[@manu-fo2zq]

What a beautiful and Inspiring lecture Thank you Swamiji🙏🙏

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you so much Swamiji🙏🙏🙏

[@divine_warrior12]

He is a great Master for all human being, I am Muslim but I apply all these wisdom and spiritual formula in my own religion just change the name of God. Ya Ali

[@germaineboatwala-sidhva1079]

Perfect explanation of God realization! Thank you ji! 🙏💜🔥💕

[@kursk124]

NAMASKAR SWAMIJI

[@ramaachavan2311]

Wonderful explanation. 🙏 Hare Krishna Radhey Radhey

[@pallaviprasad915]

❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@gayathridevi4580]

Very nice explanation Swamiji

[@fernandocesar6626]

❤❤🙏🙏

[@arunadas7809]

Nice speech 🙏🙏

[@chandrashekharkadam8916]

🙏Harekrishna🙏JaiSaiRam🙏

[@aditigniyogi8621]

🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️ Swami ji

[@ritaleal4056]

Jai Guru Dev it means do not take the name of God in vain and squander the blessing of it... but live your life as if the God you serve is present everytime you hear or say His Name.

[@TheDeepening718]

Lifespan is longer in Kali Yuga, Happiness on the other hand...

[@meenukapoormukunddassi6767]

Thanks Swami Ji for explaining us that God resides in his name. In Kal-Yug taking the name of God while doing Kirtan is the best way to attain God.

[@hkr4779]

Harer namaiva kevalam 💙

[@rameshyarlagadda3459]

Namaskarams swamiji. Jai SriKrishna. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@surimenon7660]

🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏Radhe Radhe ❤️

[@punamparekh15]

Jai Shree Ram!!!’

[@vivekanandaramavtar8025]

It would be useful for us if you give chapter and the verses of the Scriptures you are quoting. Thanks

[@claudinejames7731]

🙏🏻✨🌿✨🙏🏻

[@kasinathan9489]

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[@sugunapatnaik2868]

Thank you Swamijee for this wonderful speech . Radhey Radhey .

[@williamburts5495]

By being the absolute nondual transcendental reality and person everything personally related to God such as his name, form, pastimes, knowledge, are nondifferent from his essence therefore his name, pastimes, and knowledge ( Bhagavid-gita ) are all transcendental. As Krishna says in the gita, " A person who is fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full contribution to spiritual activities in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature." also he says, " of vibrations I am the transcendental " om " . Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names ( japa )

[@drtiwari6378]

Hare Krishna, in Ramayan it is said that bhav kubhav anakh alashu...... Mangal dis dashu. Please explain this choupai also, my humble request 🙏 Also when ajamil took his son name Narayan, then only he was able to listen discussion between yamraj and vishnudoot, that ultimately progressed in to bhakti and then to golok, that means if even one take name of god without bhav, then atleast god helps him to understand and moves towards bhakti. Please respond/ make video, my humble request 🙏

[@bhaktilectures4098]

Radhey Radhey, Swamiji has already demystified some of your doubts in this video and other videos in this channel. Please watch this video again and again. There are different levels of sadhaks/aspirants in this world and our scriptures have different instructions for each level. We have learned from our Gurudev that 'bhav kubhav...' from Ramayan is meant for a novice sadhak. He is instructed to take only the name of God. So when the sadhak religiously follows this practice of taking the name of God, he later realizes that this practice is not helping him much in his spiritual growth (if he honestly analyzes his growth). If he has true hunger for God, then he will go back and ask his Guru why he is not progressing much in the spiritual path. Then his Guru will give him the next set of instructions which will take him to the next level. So a sadhak then realizes that without attaching the mind to God while taking His name will not purify the mind. He learns the importance of engaging the mind in the spiritual practice. So, now he starts meditating on God (or remembering God) while chanting or taking His divine name. This is the next advanced level for that novice sadhak. With the practice of meditation and loving remembrance of God, the sadhak begins to develop love for God and his hunger to attain Him intensifies. This in turn leads to mind purification. The stronger his attachment for God, the purer his mind becomes. And devotional practice or sadhana bhakti is all about purifying the mind. Guru and God waits for that day when the mind becomes 100% pure so that They can bestow their ultimate grace upon the soul. Ajamil's story is a little different from how people generally interpret it. He was a very pious person and an advanced sadhak before he became a sinner. Bhagavat says that he was 'jitendriya', i.e., he had complete control over his senses. In the path of bhakti, Guru and God protect our spiritual earning and give results accordingly. Nothing is lost and we start from where we were left off in our past life. Because Ajamil was an advanced sadhak, God gave him a chance by giving him the near-death-experience and made him realize his fallen state. So when he had that realization, he renounced the world at once and went to Haridwar to continue his bhakti sadhana. He attained God in one year. Now, we should think that if he could attain God in one year, how sincerely he must have done his sadhana! Also, he must have advanced a lot in the spiritual practice before he became a sinner. That is why he could attain God-realization in a year.

[@atharva-upclosingnature2423]

@@bhaktilectures4098 we are able to witness God's causeless mercy in the story of Ajamil. He has His own ways to protect and grow His devotees in devotion. God crosses all His limits. God is that ghost, who once starts haunting us, doesn't leave us at all...☺️🙏

[@drtiwari6378]

Radhe Radhe 🙏 thank you very much for your reply, you are absolutely correct a novice sadhak chants holy name without bhav, he/she can not chant with bhav since starting he has to make practice, so when he takes holy name then only because of god's causeless murcy, he will develop hunger for God and the advanced in bhakti. As it is said if you try to take one step towards God he will help you and comes towards you many steps. But it is clear one can not attach mind to God since zero day. Also it is true that Ajamil was a devotee in past and later he fell down, so because of his previous bhakti god helped him. Now in above video, as Swami ji explained ratnakar got god's love because he had faith in his guru that is narad ji. So here question arises how he developed faith in Guru as he was engaged in sinful activities, if it was due to his past life karmas then what was that. Here one shloka from shreemad Bhagwatam also states"" yan-nāma śrutam anukīrtayed akasmād ārto vā yadi patitaḥ pralambhanād vā hanty aṁhaḥ sapadi nṛṇām aśeṣam anyaṁ kaṁ śeṣād bhagavata āśrayen mumukṣuḥ"" Here akasmad, pralambhanad also indicates god's name is beneficial even if one takes it jokingly or without knowing. My humble request please explore it also. Radhe Radhe 🙏

[@bhaktilectures4098]

Radhey Radhey, In the case of Ratnakar, yes, he must have done a whole lot of spiritual practice in his past life. Then probably he made a grave offence and fell down from his exalted state. Such a soul is called 'yoga-bhrasta', i.e., there is only a little left for him to reach his goal of God-realization. Another example of yoga-bhrasta soul is Saint Tulsi Dasa. Such souls are extremely rare in every yuga. They can quickly attain God-realization because of their advanced spiritual state (in their previous lifetimes). Because we don't know anything about their past lives, we are unable to understand how could they make such rapid progress. Ratnakar developed 100% faith in his Guru's instructions at once. This is almost impossible for a novice sadhak. That proves, he was a yoga-bhrasta soul. When his good 'sanskars' awoke, that is exactly when he met his Guru Narad Ji and he developed 100% faith instantly. Actually, per the philosophy if we can develop 100% faith in Guru, who is a God-realized Saint, we can attain God right away. But we are unable to develop 100% faith instantly. It takes lifetimes of spiritual practice to be able to reach that state of 100% faith in Guru and God. It all depends on our spiritual practice. As the scriptures say, God resides in His all-auspicious name with all His power. But we don't have that faith that He resides in His name. If we have that faith, then we will have different divine experience while chanting His name. When a sadhak's faith in God's name becomes stronger and stronger, then sattwik bhavs begin to manifest in his body, such as he sheds tears of intense longing for God; he becomes stunned, his voice chokes while chanting the name of God, his body hair stand on end while remembering the dear Lord of his life (horripilation), his body color changes. Finally, when he comes very close to the state of God-realization, he faints and becomes unconscious while remembering the Lord. If we don't experience any of these symptoms while chanting God's name, that means we have not yet developed that faith that God resides in His name.

[@drtiwari6378]

@@bhaktilectures4098 Radhe Radhe 🙏 thank you very much for your reply 🙏

[@petiprinz]

Are we still in the age of Kali Yuga?

[@drupattiepersaud5673]

Can the name Kali for a boy child good

[@amo7348]

Gandhiji said hey Ram right ?

[@mahalaxmipandey2095]

Mahatma Gandhi took the name of Ram at the time of his death

[@atharva-upclosingnature2423]

Yeah! His last words were, "He raam, He raam" after assassination. He was a very devout God loving person and all stupid conspiracy theories fall off by the very fact that he remembered God after meeting a sudden unexpected death. His heart was surely into God and he thus is a saint who promoted the path of righteousness and unity in diversity. His actions promoted righteousness and truth. And thus God entitled in His destiny the name, Father of the Nation, India.

[@bhaktilectures4098]

'Time of death' according to scriptures means the exact time when the soul departs the body. No one knows when the soul exactly leaves the body. No instrument can measure that. First the body becomes unconscious and later the soul departs the body. If there is even a difference of a fraction of a second, it cannot be considered as 'time of death' per scriptures. So we can never know who exactly takes the name of God at the time of death per the scriptures.

[@Mr.BR15]

@@bhaktilectures4098 All these is not for us normal human then , our is a loss cause I guess ...

[@simthiam3712]

Mahatma Gandhi uttered RAM before he collapsed to the ground by gun shots. God was on his mind even on his last moment

[@nirurikmo7596]

This video shows us that Krishna Himself chooses who comes to Him. Otherwise, it's impossible to be perfect in this lifetime for a normal person who is married, has a family and goes everyday to work. According to me, you do not have a chance to get moksha unless you are chosen by God. To get the chance of Moksha is more difficult than the chance of winning the euromillions lottery ! Well, no one is perfect and it's even more difficult. Other religions are updated and facilitate us to approach God. The fact to love and believe in Jesus assures one's own salvation. Krishna is demanding a lot more from a poor soul with the Russian roulotte risk of missing the opportunity of moksha in this current lifetime and be reborn as a rabbit. Sorry Krishna but you need to make an effort to update dharma.

[@priyakulkarni9583]

Why NOT GOD is present in HER name!!! Male chauvinism indeed even Swamiji do this!!!! Hahahahaha all males!!!

[@9274448790]

Get out from here with your toxic feminism...don't try to pollute religion with your dirty feminist trick.Get lost and ask other religious leaders this stupid question

[@deeptanshubhowmik5073]

He considers krishna as God.... You can say 'HER' name as well.. Makes the same sense

[@neilprashad6782]

Doesn't he say Sri Krishna worships the form of Radha Rani as the highest state of bliss and Sri Radha is the soul of Sri Krishna. I don't want to criticize but that is common speech and we all understand him refers to both genders but even listening to spiritual lecture you are still caught up in political correctness or wokeness and looking for faults. How can you benefit while looking for faults?

[@dipankarsamaddar3789]

Completely Useless

[@sugeshd4103]

🕉 Namo Narayana

[@nirurikmo7596]

This video shows us that Krishna Himself chooses who comes to Him. Otherwise, it's impossible to be perfect in this lifetime for a normal person who is married, has a family and goes everyday to work. According to me, you do not have a chance to get moksha unless you are chosen by God. To get the chance of Moksha is more difficult than the chance of winning the euromillions lottery ! Well, no one is perfect and it's even more difficult. Other religions are updated and facilitate us to approach God. The fact to love and believe in Jesus assures one's own salvation. Krishna is demanding a lot more from a poor soul with the Russian roulotte risk of missing the opportunity of moksha in this current lifetime and be reborn as a rabbit. Sorry Krishna but you need to make an effort to update dharma.